Mt. Vernon-Woodberry Cotton Duck Co. v. Alabama Interstate Power Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ALABAMA. The facts, which involve the construction, application and constitutionality of statutes of " Alabama providing for proceedings to condemn land and water powers, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the Probate Court of Tallapoosa County from taking jurisdiction of condemnation proceedings instituted by the' Alabama Interstate Power Company to take land, water and water rights belonging to the petitioner.. An alternative writ was issued but the Supreme Court of the State ordered it tc/be quashed and the writ to be dismissed. 186 Alabama, 622. The grounds of the petition are that the statutes of-Alabama do not authorize- the. proceedings and that if they do they contravene the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United…
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